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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
6,270 approved · 455 refused · 366 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 15 Sept 2016 to 5 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
12 Snowdon Gardens Lobley Hill Gateshead Gateshead NE11 9LT
Received 11 Sept 2022Former Wardley Colliery Offices Wardley Lane Felling NE10 8AA
Received 12 Sept 2022Earls Park North (adj Units 14-15 Earlsway Trade Park) Earlsway Gateshead
Received 13 Sept 20227 Millfield Road Whickham Gateshead NE16 4QA
Received 13 Sept 2022Land Between Springwell Road And Follingsby Lane Felling
Received 23 Aug 202212 Main Street Crawcrook Ryton Gateshead NE40 4ND
Received 14 Sept 2022Woodlands Church Street Marley Hill Whickham Gateshead NE16 5DT
Received 16 Sept 2022Former Dunston Hill Community Primary School Dunston Bank Gateshead
Received 16 Sept 2022Land To The South Of Fletcher Road Gateshead
Received 16 Sept 2022Land To The South Of Fletcher Road Gateshead
Received 16 Sept 2022Arcoona South View Ryton NE40 4TN
Received 18 Aug 20222 Ashfield Road Newcastle Upon Tyne NE16 4PL
Received 23 Aug 202229 Langdale Vigo Chester Le Street DH3 2EL
Received 16 Sept 202240 Thornley Lane Blaydon NE39 1AY
Received 16 Sept 202210 Wallinfen Felling NE10 8ND
Received 30 Aug 202230 Derwent View Winlaton Blaydon Gateshead NE21 6LR
Received 17 Sept 2022Brunstock 8 West High Horse Close Lockhaugh Rowlands Gill Gateshead NE39 1AL
Received 17 Sept 202224 Sunniside Road Sunniside Whickham Gateshead NE16 5NE
Received 18 Sept 202265 Sherburn Park Drive Rowlands Gill Central Rowlands Gill Gateshead NE39 1QZ
Received 19 Sept 2022Queen Elizabeth Hospital Queen Elizabeth Avenue Sheriff Hill Gateshead NE9 6SX
Received 20 Sept 2022Sherwoods Gateshead Durham Road Mount Pleasant Gateshead NE8 4AP
Received 20 Sept 2022The Garret Rockcliffe Way Gateshead NE9 7XT
Received 7 Sept 202222 Lady Park Lamesley Chester Le Street NE11 0HD
Received 15 Sept 2022Black Horse Inn 166 Kells Lane Gateshead NE9 5HY
Received 20 Sept 2022Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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